Drug suspect gets boot camp option

Friday

Feb 1, 2013 at 11:00 PMFeb 1, 2013 at 11:20 PM

By Daily Telegram staff

ADRIAN — A 24-year-old Adrian man with a long record of drug offenses could go through the alternative state prison boot camp program rather than serve two to 20 years in prison. Isadore Patrick Casarez III was told he will be given the option when he was sentenced Friday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.

Casarez pleaded guilty on Jan. 2 to delivery of cocaine, delivery of marijuana and possession of cocaine. The charges involve drug offenses in 2012 and 2011.

“I just want to take accountability for my actions. I know I did wrong. I want to do better,” Casarez told Judge Timothy P. Pickard.

After handing down prison terms of 23 months to 20 years and 23 months to seven years for the drug delivery convictions and one to four years for cocaine possession, Pickard said he will consider approving Casarez for the 91-day boot camp program if he shows he is serious about changing the course of his life. He was given credit for 32 days served in jail.